‘This isn’t fast food music’
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Area talents will converge at The Hive’s stage Saturday, Sept. 28 for Deep Roots: Sandpoint’s Original Songwriter Showcase. The 21+ concert features beloved local musicians …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Area talents will converge at The Hive’s stage Saturday, Sept. 28 for Deep Roots: Sandpoint’s Original Songwriter Showcase. The 21+ concert features beloved local musicians …
By Reader Staff
Kaniksu Land Trust’s highly anticipated SledFest is just around the corner, and the entire community is invited to join together for a day of music, dance and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
There is an energy in live music that seems impossible to capture on a record. When a musician truly connects with an audience, a conversation …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Mattox Farm Productions is wrapping up the 2022 season of the Sandpoint Summer Music Series with an ultra-local show starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, …
Locals don’t have to wait for the end of July to start enjoying live music facilitated by the Festival at Sandpoint; the nonprofit’s Live from 525 concert series brings the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
With the world changing daily, we recognize that a printed weekly alternative newspaper doesn’t exactly cut the mustard during times of quarantine and social isolation. …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When you play in a band in a small town, it’s important to change things up every once in awhile or you (and the crowd) …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Summer is officially over Friday, but the live music scene is just warming up in Sandpoint. Here’s a short compendium of the live music going …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I first heard the term “neckbone circuit” from local musician “Neighbor” John Kelley. Neighbor is known all over North Idaho and Montana for the badass …
By Dion Nizzi
Reader Contributor
When the Sandpoint Reader began its second incarnation in January, it was considered a crap shoot. Free weekly community print publications are disappearing all over …
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